Hi girls.......I have a very unsettled little girl yesterday and today, she is sleeping fine at night but won't sleep during the day and won't stop crying unless I hold her. I don't know what's wrong with her! It's starting to stress me out!
Alison, am going through the same thing with James at the moment, and like you it is stressing me out.... I haven't hardly managed to get off the damn couch with him all day.... I have just put him down in his bassinet 2 hours after his last feed and now I can hear him again..... so frustrating.
I think my hormones are still all over the place too cos I at times I feel so useless and close to tears. Also have starting bleeding heavily again so not sure what is going on there.
Ubba - I've been ok, ups and downs really... hopefully things will even out over the next few weeks. What about you?
OMG I'm so jealous of you all who can BF your bubs. I'd love to not have to be stuffing around with bottles and formula etc after all this time the most I have managed to express is 40mls in one sitting.
Being at my folks was good for my Mum's support, I'd get up with James around 6am and she would take him so I could go back to bed which was divine.
I'm with you all about DH sleeping during the nights, it is so annoying that he can sleep while James is screaming while I'm trying to warm up his bottle etc... but I guess I'm going to have to get used to it when he goes back to work on Monday. I'm a bit worried about how I'm going to cope, but I guess I just will.
We have another clinic appointment on Monday, can't wait to see how much weight James has put on, he has really filled out a bit in the last couple of weeks which is great to see!!
Just wondering does this feeling of being completely out of your depth get better??
Hats off to you girls who have more than one bub, I truly do not know how you do it!!!!
Hi Tygress welcome back! just click on one of our tickers it will take you to the website I have never expressed bore than 50ml cos im too scared ill run dry for the next feed lol but i doubt id get much more, sometimes i worry but V is getting chubby so it must be the full fat variety lol...I guess one good thing about ff is they drink it fast...
Alison and Tygress, I think V and I had the same thing as you where they are really clingy and I am just now starting to be able to put her down, it must be a developmental stage r something...plus they love you best right now which is sweet but frustrating too...
Shayna I saw on fb you had another crap night sorry to hear it. Id like to say it gets better but I dont want to hex myself..Everytime I brag she is getting better she turns into a little psycho
Ubba I love feeding in bed too, Vs 11pm feed I try to feed then put her in her bed but Ive been falling asleep lol..The early morning one she usually stays so we can sleep longer...I cheated today I really wanted a sleep so I lay down with her and got a feed and 3 hours sleep in yeah! Im scared shell get too used to it tho...
Lol Telly I think you and I would be great friends irl! You crack me up!.. Another here thats a fan of punching dh in the fce lol...Imagine how quick they would wake lol...
Heavenly, I love the game you need the buzzers too but as you say it is way cheaper with ps2, we got a bundle but im going to use a voucher I got for kk for some other ones i think there is music, film and tv and some other themes The couch sounds good too zI like the modular ones you can change them around to suit your mood lol.
Hi Tygress - grrr isn't it frustrating! Amelia has been more settled this arvo, we took her out for a couple of hours but evidently I topped her up with formula first and it did the trick. Don't stress re FF'ing, BF'ing isn't all it's cracked up to be! I can't keep up with her demand so have to FF in between anyway. Like you, I can only express about 40ml at a time too! We just do what we have to huh! As for bleeding, my subsided about 4 days ago now, when I BF I still get some discharge (sorry TMI) but that's it, I'm even contemplating swimming in my sister's pool tomorrow, it's going to be 39 degrees in Perth tomorrow! Have you been doing too much as I read that can bring on heavier bleeding? Oh and like Natty says, formula feeding is much quicker, when you BF you feel like you're doing it all friggin day ha ha!
Natty's right, click on one of our tickers and it will take you to the Lilypie website so you can create your own.
We'll get there mate, we're all doing the best we can and I think we're all doing great, good days/bad days, we'll get better as we go along ha ha.
In the user profile there's a list on your left go to edit signature....you just search baby ticker or bday ticker on the net find one you like and get the code for forum use not the HTML code the copy and paste into your signature
I still have another week left with dh home, he's meant to be doing feeds tonight but well see if he bothers getting up
Alison and Tygress, sometimes thats just prity normal behavior... bare with it i guess, they go though little stages and change all the time... it will pass. ella does the samething... falls asleep while im holding her and is awake again as soon as i put her down.
hi to everyone alse... how are all your bubbas coping with the hot weather??
havnt got anything interesting to report... things are much the same. DH hoildays finish on tuesday and he will be back at work so my very easy going life with 3 kiddies may change soon after that lol.
hope everyone is well and takingcare of themselves as well as there beauifull wee babies
James spent from 3.00-4.15am in bed with us.... something I said I never would do!!!
Then we were up again at 6:30am. He is now sleeping in my arms, will stay settled when I put him down for about 10 minutes then back in the arms again!!
DH is STILL sleeping!!! Grrrrrr
Are you still swaddling your bubs in the heat? James likes to be wrapped up tight but the poor little mite gets so sweaty even in just a nappy and muslin wrap...
Hi guys - gee I feel like I've been missing in action for ages - just never seem to get time to sit and read everyone's posts!!!
Hope everyone had an awesome new years, we didn't do anything, we were up at midnight thanks to DD2, and then again at 3am, and then 6am! So lucky I only had a couple of beers that night and didn't really need sleep or anything!
Tygress - DD2 now sleeps on her belly, so no swaddling for us. The first time we put her on her belly she slept for 5 hours straight, so we are sticking to it!! lol... she went from 5pm to 10pm (when we woke her up for a feed) and then slept till 5am - so um yeah - belly sleeping rocks in this house!! My other two were belly sleepers though, so its not surprising that the 3rd child is.
Oh - and yes I know its against SIDS recommendations, but we have a breathing monitor so we're not too concerned about anything happening - plus she can raise her head and put it in the other direction - which is a big thing.
DD2 was a bit unsettled yesterday, found it hard to get her to stay asleep, but once she was asleep we got a good hour or two out of her. I think they are just waking up a bit more and seeing the world is pretty scary for them, so just want their mumma's comfort. Thank god I have DH here so I don't have to have her strapped to me all day - I have packing and cleaning to do (which reminds me, I should get off my butt and do some cleaning since most of the kitchen stuff is all packed up in boxes ready to go!)
I said to DH just before that I think the leap from 1 child to having 2 is actually harder than the jump from 2 -3. Sure you are busier, and never have time to scratch your butt or pee - but in terms of kids behaviour and settling in I think its much easier! This was my theory to DH - when you go from 1 to 2, #1 has to learn how to share their parents, and its a HUGE adjustment. Although when #3 comes along, #1 and #2 are used to sharing their parents, so its not that much of an adjustment for them - cos they have already been doing it!
Well thats my theory anyway, I'm finding the adjustment period better than when I had DD1 - that was hard.
Better go clean or something I suppose - sorry I didn't address everyone I forget what everyone has said. But to those feeling guilty about any way they are parenting - DON'T - cos in a couple of years time - it ain't gonna matter
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I have never expressed bore than 50ml cos im too scared ill run dry for the next feed lol but i doubt id get much more, sometimes i worry but V is getting chubby so it must be the full fat variety lol...I guess one good thing about ff is they drink it fast...
I saw on fb you had another crap night sorry to hear it. Id like to say it gets better but I dont want to hex myself..Everytime I brag she is getting better she turns into a little psycho
The couch sounds good too zI like the modular ones you can change them around to suit your mood lol.
I forget what everyone has said. But to those feeling guilty about any way they are parenting - DON'T - cos in a couple of years time - it ain't gonna matter
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